The first player auctions for the Women’s Premier League (WPL) are set to take place in New Delhi on February 11th or in Mumbai on February 13th. A final decision will be made by BCCI this week.
BCCI was originally scheduled to hold an auction of players on February 6 in Mumbai, but this will leave the five newly formed franchises with WPL’s first-ever, which is expected to be between 4 and 24. We were given less than a month to prepare for the season. was forced to change this plan for two reasons.
On the one hand, most of her five WPL franchise owners also own teams in her ILT20 in the United Arab Emirates and her SA20 in South Africa, with the finals of these tournaments set for February 11 and It will be held on the 12th. Owners of three IPL teams – Mumbai Indians, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Delhi Capitals – secured five franchises, along with Adani Group and Capri Global, paying a total of INR 4669.99 kroner (cricket for women) .
Adani Sportsline, the sports arm of the Adani Group, has acquired a franchise in Ahmedabad, while non-bank financial firm Capri Global has chosen Lucknow as its home base. The three IPL teams, Mumbai, Capitals and Royal Challengers, have stuck to the same city with Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru serving as hubs for the IPL.
Four of the WPL franchises have teams in his ILT20.
MI Emirates, Dubai Capitals, Gulf Giants (Adani), Sharjah Warriors (Capri). The Mumbai and Capitals owners run their teams at SA20.
MI Cape Town and Pretoria Capitals. The second reason was that the franchise had limited time to assemble a coaching staff. It is therefore understood that the franchisees jointly requested BCCI to postpone the February 6th auction to a later date.
The WPL’s first season will likely take place in Mumbai
BCCI has designated his two venues in Mumbai (Brabourne Stadium and Navi his DY Patil Cricket Academy in Mumbai) to host his 22 matches of the WPL’s inaugural season.
The main reason for limiting the tournament to one city is the potential BCCI could face as his WPL starts right after the Women’s T20 World Cup, which ends on February 26 in South Africa. a logistical challenge. A flight to India takes him less than a week, so just playing at his two venues in the same city removes travel barriers and prepares players for matches played in limited time slots. can. Jhulan Goswami moves to Mumbai as bowling coach and mentor
Former Indian fast bowler Juran Goswami has been hired from Mumbai as a bowling coach and mentor. Mumbai has not announced the news, but the development was announced by former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly, who returned to the Capitals as team director after serving as BCCI president from 2019 to October 2022.
Goswami, 40, retired from international cricket last year. Ganguly said the Capitals are also keen to rope Goswami, who has won 355 international wickets in all formats, the most of any bowler in women’s cricket. “Jhun went to Mumbai,” Ganguly told media at Eden Gardens on Tuesday. “We have offered her, but she is going to Mumbai.”